Lexicon Balatronicum. A dictionary of Buckish slang, University wit, and Pick Pocket eloquence. ... Altered and enlarged ... by a member of the Whip Club1811 |
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... face ; a slattern . BLUBBER . The mouth . - I have stopped the cull's blubber ; I have stopped the fellow's mouth , meant either by gagging or murdering him . TO BLUBBER , To cry , TO SPORT BLUBBER . Said of a large coarse woman , who ...
... face ; a slattern . BLUBBER . The mouth . - I have stopped the cull's blubber ; I have stopped the fellow's mouth , meant either by gagging or murdering him . TO BLUBBER , To cry , TO SPORT BLUBBER . Said of a large coarse woman , who ...
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... face , as the bowsprit is of a ship . Bow - wow . The childish name for a dog ; also a jeering appellation for a man born at Boston in America . Bow - wow MUTTON . Dog's flesh . Bow - Wow SHOP . A salesman's shop in Monmouth - street ...
... face , as the bowsprit is of a ship . Bow - wow . The childish name for a dog ; also a jeering appellation for a man born at Boston in America . Bow - wow MUTTON . Dog's flesh . Bow - Wow SHOP . A salesman's shop in Monmouth - street ...
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... face . BRANDY - FACED . Red - faced , as if from drinking brandy . BRANDY . Brandy is Latin for a goose ; a memento to prevent the animal from rising in the stomach by a glass of the good creature . BRAT . A child or infant . BRAY . A ...
... face . BRANDY - FACED . Red - faced , as if from drinking brandy . BRANDY . Brandy is Latin for a goose ; a memento to prevent the animal from rising in the stomach by a glass of the good creature . BRAT . A child or infant . BRAY . A ...
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... FACE . A cuckold . BUCK FITCH . A lecherous old fellow . BECKEEN . A bully . Irish . BUCKET . To kick the bucket ; to die . BUCKINGER'S BOOT . The monosyllable . Matthew Buckinger was born without hands and legs ; notwith- standing ...
... FACE . A cuckold . BUCK FITCH . A lecherous old fellow . BECKEEN . A bully . Irish . BUCKET . To kick the bucket ; to die . BUCKINGER'S BOOT . The monosyllable . Matthew Buckinger was born without hands and legs ; notwith- standing ...
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... face . M BUNG YOUR EYE . Drink a dram ; strictly speaking , to- drink till one's eye is bunged up or closed . BUNT . An apron . BUNTER . A low dirty prostitute , half whore and half beggar . BUNTLINGS . Petticoats . Cant . BURN CRUST ...
... face . M BUNG YOUR EYE . Drink a dram ; strictly speaking , to- drink till one's eye is bunged up or closed . BUNT . An apron . BUNTER . A low dirty prostitute , half whore and half beggar . BUNTLINGS . Petticoats . Cant . BURN CRUST ...
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